Crushing Man City, Real won ICC Australia

With goals from Benzema and Ronaldo, coach Rafa Benitez's team just won their first victory in the 2015 summer tour.

Kolarov could not stop Ronaldo from doubling the gap for Real. Photo: Reuters

Result: Real Madrid 4-1 Man City

Goal:Benzema 22', Ronaldo 25', Pepe 44', Cheryshev 73' - Yaya Toure 45' penalty

Real had a completely dominant match, scoring four goals against Man City. Everything was even settled early in the first half with three goals shared between Benzema, Ronaldo and Pepe. With their attacks being much less effective, Man City only managed to salvage some honor from a penalty. Before the match ended, the English team lost another goal after a tap-in from young midfielder Cheryshev.

This was Real's second match at the International Champions Cup in Australia this year, and also the second match of the 2015 summer tour. With all three teams having a win, Rafa Benitez's team moved ahead of Man City and AS Roma thanks to the more convincing way of winning. Specifically, Roma and Man City both won only on penalties, while Real were the only team to win in 90 minutes.

According to the International Champions Cup's unique scoring system, Real is also the team with the highest number of points: 4. Roma is second with 3 points, while Man City is last with 2 points.

In fact, Man City's heavy defeat did not surprise fans. Coach Manuel Pellegrini may have imagined the outcome early when he put two central defenders with a combined age of only 36, Cameron Humphreys and Jason Denayer in the starting lineup. With too little experience, these two "young" players could not cope with the star trio on Real's attack line of Bale, Benzema and Cristiano Ronaldo.

One of the highlights of Real’s play in this match was their exceptionally high efficiency in high balls. The first three goals were all the result of these balls, when Benzema, Ronaldo and Pepe chose very good landing points to finish accurately.

Ronaldo had the opportunity to show off his familiar joy-sharing act.

Man City's new signing Raheem Sterling also played but did not show much. This player brought about a penalty in the 45th minute, but according to the slow-motion video, the referee was not very clear when he did not detect the situation of Sterling using his hand to control the ball first.

Having a good chance at the 11m mark, midfielder Yaya Toure did not miss the chance to salvage honor for Man City.

After the break, like the previous two matches in the Australian version of the International Champions Cup, both teams made many substitutions. The only thing that remained unchanged was that Real continued to control the game. Thanks to this advantage, Cheryshev easily tapped the ball into the goal to seal a 4-1 victory in the 73rd minute from a well-placed cross from Isco.

After this match, Man City will fly to Hanoi to play a friendly match with the Vietnamese team. The match will take place on July 27.

Real Madrid won the title after round-robin matches against Man City and AS Roma.

According to VNE